| Autor: |
Raimundo, Ana Paula Pereira, Santos, Pollyanna Pereira dos, Cossolin, Jamile Fernanda Silva, Dourado, Lídia Aparecida, Bozdoğan, Hakan, Serrão, José Eduardo |
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Neotropical Entomology; 20230101, Issue: Preprints p1-9, 9p |
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Social insects are characterized by having a wide diversity of exocrine glands, with highlights for ants with about 85 glands spreading throughout the body. The mandibular and intramandibular glands are associated with the production of pheromones. The army ants (Dorylinae) play an important role in the structure of the invertebrate community because they are efficient predators and provide suitable conditions for various animals following their invasions in the food search. Labidus coecus(Latreille) is an underground-ameliorating ant and Labidus praedator(Smith) is a generalist surface predator which can deplete invertebrate biomass by up to 75%. This work investigated the morphology of the mandibular and intramandibular glands of L. praedatorand L. coecusworkers. The glands were analyzed by light microscopy, histochemistry, and scanning electron microscopy. The mandibular and intramandibular glands of the two species were classified as class III glands. The data on the morphology of the mandibular glands has revealed that they have characteristics in common with other subfamilies. The intramandibular glands of the two species of Labidushave similar morphology and chemical composition, which indicates that the components of these glands can have the same function despite their different habits. |
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